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1893 Article & Ad-Ball Engine Co., Cross Compound Steam Engine |
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Cassier's Magazine, Mar 1893, pg. 23 & 120 |
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11/13/2012 1:35:59 PM |
The Ball Engine Company, of Erie, Pa., show one of their 18 x 36 x 18-inch cross-compound engines. It is designed as a condensing engine, and is capable of running up to from 200 to 250 revolutions per minute with good economy. It is considered to be probably the smallest engine, in proportion to its power, in the Fair, as it occupies a trifle less space than a vertical engine of equal capacity, and has all the advantages of easy access without having to climb stairways or reach galleries to manipulate the various attachments on the engine. The particular work of the engine will be the illumination of the electrical fountains, and in its present situation it is intended to develop from 480 to 500 horse-power with a steam pressure of from 11o to 120 pounds.
The first engines of this type were built by the Ball Company a little over two years ago for the then new electric lighting station of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn, N. Y. They are specially designed for heavy work, and all the parts are made unusually large and massive. The cranks are opposite each other, one counteracting the effect of the other, so that the engines are well balanced and capable of being run quietly at high speeds. |
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1893 Ball Engine Co., Cross Compound Steam Engine
1893 Ball Engine Co., Cross Compound Steam Engine
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